@marib: "There hasn�t been any major security incidents in Baghdad 
since the attacks on three bridges in both its northern and 
southern suburbs on Friday May 11, more than a week ago. This 
doesn�t mean Baghdad is essentially calm: there are episodes 
-albeit minor and limited- still happening from time to time. 
They often go unreported, so there�s no information on whether 
they leave any casualties. Anyway, we do hear small blasts and 
bursts of machine guns a few times a day. In most cases it�s 
impossible to know whether those were raids by security forces 
or attacks by militants.
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    @georgezbush: ""marib" <email_address> wrote in message 
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Anyone who wants to go out of his way to be considered a jackass has only to say 
"Violence is down in Baghdad".  Read it and weep..........
May 22, 6:48 AM (ET)
By RAVI NESSMAN
BAGHDAD (AP) - A parked car bomb ripped through a crowded outdoor market in 
southwestern Baghdad on Tuesday, killing 25 people despite a 3-month-old 
security crackdown meant to reduce violence in the capital.
At least 60 people were wounded in the 10 a.m. blast in the Shiite-dominated 
neighborhood of Amil. Nearby buildings were badly damaged and set ablaze, while 
others were reduced to rubble. Residents ran through the streets with buckets 
and pots of water, while others frantically tore through the rubble, looking for 
survivors. Groups of men carried bodies wrapped in tarps out of the damaged 
buildings.......
George Z."
    @NoName: "<quote>
When was this written?  In today's news:
Car bomb kills 25 at Baghdad market
By RAVI NESSMAN, Associated Press Writer 34 minutes ago
BAGHDAD - A parked car bomb ripped through a crowded outdoor market in
southwestern Baghdad on Tuesday, killing 25 people despite a
3-month-old security crackdown meant to reduce violence in the
capital.
At least 60 people were wounded in the 10 a.m. blast in the
Shiite-dominated neighborhood of Amil. Nearby buildings were badly
damaged and set ablaze, while others were reduced to rubble. Residents
ran through the streets with buckets and pots of water, while others
frantically tore through the rubble, looking for survivors. Groups of
men carried bodies wrapped in tarps out of the damaged buildings.
The neighborhood has seen an increase in violence in recent weeks, and
Sunni politicians expressed fears that Shiite militiamen had resumed
their campaign of sectarian cleansing in Amil and nearby neighborhoods
of southwestern Baghdad.
The blast came amid the U.S. and Iraqi security operation meant to
flush out insurgents and restore order to Baghdad. However deadly
attacks targeting civilians and police have continued.
U.S. military officials say that insurgent groups, feeling the
pressure from the crackdown, have hit back by stepping up their car
bombing attacks with their devastating death tolls. A May 6 bombing in
a market in the neighboring Baiyaa district, killed 30 people and
wounded 80 others.
Not really something to grin about."
    @marib: "<quote>
The report is dated May 21, 2007 and is about incidents the 
previous week, not 2005.
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